Tarot card meanings · Major Arcana 7
What does The Chariot mean in tarot?
In A. E. Waite's Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), the Chariot upright means “Succour, providence; also war, triumph, presumption”, and reversed “Riot, quarrel, dispute”.
Upright
Succour, providence; also war, triumph, presumption.Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Part 3
Reversed
Riot, quarrel, dispute.Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Part 3
What does the picture show?
An erect and princely figure carrying a drawn sword and corresponding, broadly speaking, to the traditional description which I have given in the first part. On the shoulders of the victorious hero are supposed to be the Urim and Thummim.Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Part 2
Where does the Chariot fall in a reading?
The Chariot belongs to the Major Arcana. On this site you draw three cards, which take three of the places in the ten-card method Waite describes: “This covers him”, “This crosses him”, “This is before him”. The same card reads differently in each place, and the I Ching cast beside it may agree or disagree.
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Draw three cardsWaite's words are quoted as printed, and left out where they speak of money, law, illness or disaster. The pictures are the 1909 deck drawn by Pamela Colman Smith. For entertainment and self-reflection.